Rights are best guarded when each person and group guards for others those rights they wish guarded for themselves.

Surely the thing God enjoys most about being God is the thrill of being merciful, especially to those who don't expect it and often feel they don't deserve it.

Fatherhood is not an easy assignment, but it ranks among the most imperative ever given, in time or eternity.

And if those children are unresponsive, maybe you can't teach them yet, but you can love them. And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow.

The past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes. And when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we have experienced, then we look ahead; we remember that faith is always pointed toward the future.

Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend.

In our time the only restraint left is self-retraint.